Thanks Liam,
I have created the bug http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=14881
Given lack of resources, if it would help to have the text written for you, let me know. If you tell me the source format for the spec I can match it.
Good thinking about the XPath/XQuery support...
Jeni
On 19 Nov 2011, at 00:45, Liam R E Quin wrote:
> On Sat, 2011-11-19 at 00:05 +0000, Jeni Tennison wrote:
>
>> I see XML Schema 1.1 [1] is at Candidate Recommendation stage. Is it
>> too late to slip in a xs:timezone and a xs:gYearWeek?
>
>
> As team contact for Schema, I'll note that
> (1) we'd need implementation support. I think that's actually doable.
> (2) we'd need clear spec. The HTML 5 spec is quite likely to be clear
> enough.
> (3) we'd need to know that the HTML 5 spec was stable in this area;
> (4) we'd need test cases added to the test suite.
>
> Frankly, an RFC822-style date lexical format would be of huge benefit
> too.
>
> Jeni, feel free to file a comment on Bugzilla against XSD 1.1 CR; I
> can't promise anything will happen, because the Schema WG has very few
> resources and is trying to move forward, and because going back to last
> call isn't on the cards, but I also won't rule it out.
>
> If new types were to be added in the next two weeks, I can also imagine
> us being able to put at least a placeholder into XQuery 3 and XPath 3
> before Last Call for XQuery 3 (and the XDM and serialization and
> Functions and Operators), even if we didn't have all the details fleshed
> out.
>
> Good catch.
>
> Liam
>
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